Salvador Macip is head of the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Laboratory in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester and professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
'A timely, authoritative and reader-friendly overview of pandemics
past and present. This broad and balanced account, which is devoid
of Anglo-American bias, provides fascinating insights into the
important events associated with, for example, the defeat of the
last Inca Emperor Atahualpa, Chagas disease in Bolivia and the
Mexican origin of the 2009 influenza pandemic, as well as
explaining the latter’s malignant effects on our preparedness for
COVID-19.'
Hugh Pennington, Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the
University of Aberdeen
'Well written and informative and relevant for this difficult era
of covid.'
British Society for the History of Medicine
'An important book for understanding a world in which some of the
greatest threats are invisible.'
Climate & Capitalism
'This authoritative overview of modern epidemics and the pathogens
that cause them will be essential reading for anyone who wants to
understand our world today.'
Midwest Book Review
'An excellent basis for class discussion about the history of
epidemics, equity of resources, and COVID-19, providing many
examples of needed improvements.'
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